Judge Dredd: Mega-City One TV Show Announced

Celebrating 40 years of the iconic character.

By Alex Osborn

IM Global Television and Rebellion have announced a partnership create a Judge Dredd television series.

The series, titled Judge Dredd: Mega-City One, will follow a team futuristic cops called Judges who "encounter the myriad challenges of a world in which east-coast cities have merged into a giant megalopolis."

Judge Dredd: Mega-City One poster

Judge Dredd: Mega-City One will be based the iconic character from Rebllion's British comic books and set in the 22nd century, where the threat of domestic terrorism and growing conflict between the rich and deprived are prevalent issues that need resolving.

IM Global Television president Mark Stern is executive producing, along with IM Global Television CEO Stuart Ford and Rebellion founders Jason and Chris Kingsley.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Judge Dredd, which was created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra in 1977. A live-action film starring Karl Urban as the titular character released in 2012 and was produced by Jason and Chris Kingsley. For our thoughts on film, read IGN's Dredd 3D review.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel.

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